Video Player Studios Entry

Tue Dec 6 15:44:53 UTC 2011

Thanks James! I will work from your writing.

Tona

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:35 PM, James W. Yoon <jyoon at ocad.ca> wrote:

> Hi Tona,
>
> At one point, I had written down some high-level objectives and
> requirements. Feel free to repurpose these as appropriate.
>
> --start--
>
> Goal: Design of a 'video' player that gives users access to video-based
> content with particular sensitivity to: a) their preferred sensory input
> mode, and b) their device and browser of choice. That is, the video
> delivery would be both sensory and platform agnostic. This player would
> eventually be accompanied by an alternatives authoring tool.
>
> Some features might include:
> - Layered content: audio + video, audio + audio descriptions, video +
> closed captioning, transcripts, etc.
> - Playability of videos across HTML5-ready browsers, with Flash regression
> for older browsers
> - Desktop and mobile-readiness
> - Language localization for interface elements, captions, and transcripts
> - Enabling users to make content requests (e.g., localized
> captions/transcripts), and fulfill requests made by other users
> - Integration with PCF's Universal Subtitles authoring tools and content
> database
> - High level of user configurability (key bindings, captioning and
> transcript type size and contrast, etc.), and integration with UI Options
> - Portability of video preferences across sessions and devices
>
> --end--
>
> James
>
> On 2011-12-06, at 6:20 AM, Tonamonjo wrote:
>
> Hi Michelle,
>
> I think that the objectives and requirements are not still formally
> written, but can be done. I'll start preparing a draft for this.
>
> Tona
>
>
>
> On 05/12/2011, at 19:01, Michelle D'Souza <michelled33 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Tona,
>
> This sounds like a good plan.
>
> I'm not sure that we can easily show the working, in development video
> player in a way that would allow other authors to follow suit. Do you think
> we can link to a demo of the working player instead?
>
> Do you know if the objectives and requirements for the video player are
> written down somewhere?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michelle
>
>
>
>
> On 2011-12-05, at 8:37 AM, James William Yoon wrote:
>
> Tona,
>
> That sounds like a great outline for the post. +1
>
> James
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:18 AM, tona monjo < <tonamonjo at gmail.com>
> tonamonjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Michelle,
>>
>> Good question, and sorry for not answering before.
>>
>> Although there is still no one project page in Fluid Studios, maybe
>> someone has already got ideas about what kind of contents should be
>> included in these kind of pages.
>>
>> From my point of view, and having in mind the goals of the Fluid Studios,
>> it would be interesting to explain all the process of design and
>> development, so each project page can work as a case study.
>>
>> If so, we can have the developed video player at the beginning of the
>> page (to show how works the current version of the video player), and then
>> an explanation of:
>>
>>    - Project's background: objectives and requirements,
>>    - Process: brief explanation of the process of design and
>>    development, supported mainly on downloadable documents and links to the
>>    wiki.
>>    - Roadmap (phases of development, to let the user know the
>>    functionalities of the current version and how the project is expected to
>>    evolve).
>>
>> I would also emphasize the commenting functionality, to encourage the
>> users to share their opinions or suggestions about the project.
>>
>> I'm not very sure if this goes in the direction of your question,
>> Michelle. What are your thoughts?
>>
>> Tona
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Michelle D'Souza <<michelled33 at gmail.com>
>> michelled33 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Tona and Joanna,
>> >
>> > I'm hoping you can help me create a Studios entry for the video player.
>> I want to ensure that the Studios site works well with real content and it
>> seems like a good opportunity to showcase our work on the video player.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts on what you would expect on the video player studios page?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Michelle
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Michelle D'Souza
>> > Senior Inclusive Developer
>> > Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
>> >
>>
>>
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